[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20293]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-670-000]


Virginia Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

August 5, 1996.
    Take notice that on July 26, 1996, Virginia Gas Pipeline Company 
(VGPC), P.O. Box 2407, Abingdon, Virginia 24212, filed in Docket No. 
CP96-670-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA) requesting a blanket certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing VGPC to transport natural gas under Section 
284.224 of the Commission's Regulations, as may be amended from time to 
time, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    It is stated that VGPC is an intrastate gas company owned by 
Virginia Gas Company. It is asserted that VGPC proposes to provide 
storage service from the Saltville gas storage field located in Smyth 
and Washington Counties, Viriginia. VGPC states that it will provide 
firm and interruptible storage services as well as transfers of gas in-
place and will offer an Authorized Overrun Service to its firm 
customers. VGPC asserts that it will provide 450,000 MMBtu equivalent 
of storage service, with an additional 200,000 MMBtu equivalent of 
cushion gas. It is stated that VGPC will utilize new and existing 
facilities, including the rehabilitation of 2 salt cavern wells, the 
installation of a 1,200 horsepower compressor station, and the 
construction of 6 miles of 8-inch pipeline to connect its facilities to 
those of East Tennessee Gas Company and approximately one mile of 
smaller diameter gathering lines to connect individual wells to the 
compressor station. The cost of developing the storage field is 
estimated at $10.8 million.
    VGPC states that it qualifies for a Hinshaw exemption and should be 
exempt from regulation by the Commission under Section 1(c) of the NGA. 
It is explained that VGPC receives all of its gas within or at the 
boundaries of the state of Virginia, and the gas is consumed within 
Virginia. VGPC states that its rates, services and facilities are 
subject to regulation by the Corporation Commission of the State of 
Virginia (VSCC). VGPC states that it will use its rates and tariffs on 
file with the VSCC for the services rendered under the blanket 
certificate requested in the subject application. VGPC further states 
that it will comply with all applicable conditions contained in 
paragraph (e) of Sec. 284.224 of the Commission's Regulations.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should, on or before August 26, 1996, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the 
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 
CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission will be 
considered by it in determining the appropriate action to be taken but 
will not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any 
person wishing to become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a 
party in any hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the Commission's Rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment are 
required by the public convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave 
to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission on its own motion 
believes that a formal hearing is required, further notice of such 
hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for VGPC to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-20293 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am]
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